Snare holder



J. A. MEYER SNARE HOLDER 5am, 20, WSL

Filed Jan. 7 1929 Patented Jan. 20, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICESNARE kHOLDER Application iled January 7, 1929. Serial No. 330,794.

My invention has relation to improvements in drums and is directed moreparticularly to the holders for the snares.

According to the present method for con- 6 structing snare holders, aclamp 1s .provided 'For holding all of the snares collectively' and whenone or more snares become loose the entire group must be released andagain collectively secured. It is the object of the present invention toprovide a snare holder wherein the snares are held in pairs, so that ifany one snare becomes loose it is merely necessary to adjust that onetogether' with its mate, the balance of the snares being un- 3'5disturbed. A further object of the invention is to provide a snareholder embodylng means for tightly gripping the snares so that they willnot readily become loosened, said means at the same time being adaptedfor 1nstant release when it does become necessary to make taut anyparticular snare. These objects together with other advantages 1nherentin my improved snare holder willbe better' apparent from a detaileddescrlption or' the invention in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1. is a face View of the drum looking toward the head that has thesnares stretched over it, a part ot' said drum being hrohen away; Fig. 2is an enlarged side elevatlon of the portion of the drum to which .the'snare holder is affixed; Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 showingthat portion of the drum on which the snare tensioning device ismounted; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal section through thesnare holder taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings D represents a drum comprising a metallicshell S and heads H, H constructed as shown in mv copending applicationSer. No. 215,461, filed August 25, 1927. A group of snares 1, 1 etc. areadapted to be stretched over the head H said snares being held in placeat one end by a snare holder 2 and at the opposite end by a snareadjusting device 3. The. adjusting device 3 includes a holder comprislnga block 4 having formed in it a series of transverse kerfs 5 and 6, theformer being the terminal kerfs and wide enough to receive one snare 1,andthe latter being intermediate kerfs which are wide enough to receivetwo snaresv (as shown in Fig.l 3). One piece of snare wire issuiiic'ient in length to form two adj acent snares, said wire eing bentback upon itself (as Shown in Fig. 3), and the snares 1, 1 formed fromany given Wire being placed in adjacent lerfs 5 and 6 so that thepartition T between kerfs will serve as an anchor for the snares of anyparticular Wire. After all C', or' the snares have been properlypositioned in the kerfs of blocks 4, a second block. 8 is placed overthe block 4 vand Secured to it by screws 9, 9 which traverse the block 8and are threaded into the block 4. .g- The snare holder 2 con'lprises abase block 10 secured to the shell S by means 'of screws 11, 11 and acap 12 which serves as the snare holder proper.' The cap 12 is providedwith a plurality of juxtaposed grooves 13 oi a 7.3 width slightly inexcess of that of two adja- Y cent snares, which are positioned in eachgroove 13, and securely held therein by a setv screw 14 traversing athreaded opening 15 in communication with the groove 13. In order tohold the snares tightly each set screw 14 is advanced through the cap 12until it firmly engages the pair of snares in the particular' groovewith which the set screw counuunicates whereupon said snares will beclamped S5 between the set screw and the base block 10 (as shown in Fig.4). rlhe cap 12 is held in place against the block 10 by screws 16, 16.When any of the `snares 1 become loose the drummer merely loosens theset screw 14 that 85 engages that particular snare so as to entirelyfree the snare as Well as the one next to it occupying the same groovewith it, after which he takes hold of these two snares and pulls themuntil they are again taut after Y which he tightens the screw 14 so asto hold the snares securely. Obviously, there must be a sufficientamount of the snares pr0jecting beyond the snare holder to take hold ofin tightening them, after which the projecting ends are passed into aSlot 17 to get them out of the way. The tightening of the snares by twosas effected with my improved snare holder makes this operation verysimple, one that can be very quickly performed in comparison of the oidmethod of tightening a group of snares at one time.

Oi' course, the grooves 13 in the cap l2 need not be of a Width toreceive tivo snares, i' but if desired lthey may be 'just Wide enough ,bto receive one snare, in which case 'there would also be twice thenumber of' set screws as there must be a set screw entering each groove.However, While this Wouidconipiicate the construction slightly it Wouldhave the advantage that each snare could be indi` viduaiiy tightened andseparately secured. @ther departures may be made in the'det-aii oiconstruction according to the skilirof the mechanic constructing thedevice.

Having. described my invention, I vciaim:

l. AA snare holder comprising a suitable hase, a snare receiving blockadapted to be mounted thereon, said block having a piurality of groovesopening toward the `outer face lof the hiock, a. pair of snares nestedin each groove, anda set. screw adapted to enter each groove and impingeon the snares therein. to hold them. V

2. A snare holder `comprising a suitable base, a snare receiving blockadapted to be mounted thereonfsaid block having a piuraiity of groovesopening toward .the outer 'fece of the block, snares disposed in saidgrooves, and means 'for separately holding the shares in the respectivegrooves.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. y

JULIUS A. MEYER,

